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<emphasis box="[145,274,1779,1800]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
This species is distinguished from all other South American congeneric species by a unique combination of the following of characters: (1) nasal suture incomplete; (2) rostral scale oval; (3) supralabial scales four; (4) infralabial scales three; (5) rows scales around the body 20/20/18; (6) mid-dorsal scales 220; (7) ventral scales 217; (8) rows of dorsal scales dark brown 11; (9) rows of ventral scales yellowish cream and immaculate 79; (10) caudal spine dark brown; (11) subcaudal scales 11; (12) TTL
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,
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,
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<emphasis box="[1264,1419,1471,1493]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">A. stadelmani</emphasis>
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,
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,
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<emphasis box="[975,1078,1502,1524]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">A. tenuis</emphasis>
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,
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,
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<emphasis box="[1291,1419,1564,1585]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">A. amoipira</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[809,1003,1594,1615]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">A. minuisquamus</emphasis>
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by having20/20/18rowsscalesaroundthebody (vs.18/16/14, 18/18/14, 20/18/14 or 20/18/
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and 18/18/
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,
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,
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,
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<emphasis box="[809,1000,1717,1738]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">A. paucisquamus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1053,1198,1717,1738]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">A. yonenagae</emphasis>
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); from
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<emphasis box="[1276,1424,1716,1738]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="731">A. reticulatus</emphasis>
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by having highly pigmented cephalic scales with a dark brown dorsum and dorsum tail brown (vs. yellow and few pigmented cephalic scales, dorsum brown or black and dorsum tail black with cream or yellow spot); and from
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<emphasis box="[887,1090,1551,1572]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">A. brongermianus</emphasis>
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by having a larger interorbital relative width (INORB/HWE)
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(vs. smaller interorbital relative width, between
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).
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shows additional morphometric characters and scale patterns found in
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<emphasis box="[1170,1333,1674,1695]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">A. montanum</emphasis>
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and in a morphologically similar species distributed in southeastern
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(
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[827,946,1285,1307]" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Figure 8.</emphasis>
Three-dimensional reconstruction of the posterior region of the left mandible in
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<emphasis box="[1277,1442,1315,1337]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Amerotyphlops</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
based on HRXCT data. A,
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<emphasis box="[1164,1411,1344,1366]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Amerotyphlops caetanoi</emphasis>
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(MZUSP S-023380); B,
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<emphasis box="[1113,1442,1373,1395]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Amerotyphlops brongersmianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZUSP 14674). Insert shows a lateral profile of the skull of
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<emphasis box="[853,1053,1432,1454]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">A. brongersmianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: cb, compound bone; q, quadrate; rp, retroarticular process.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[164,269,1584,1606]" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Figure 7.</emphasis>
Three-dimensional reconstruction of the lateroventral region of the skull in
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<emphasis box="[517,687,1614,1636]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Amerotyphlops</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
based on HRXCT data. A,
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<emphasis box="[442,695,1643,1665]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Amerotyphlops caetanoi</emphasis>
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(MZUSP S-023380); B,
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<emphasis box="[425,779,1673,1695]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="732">Amerotyphlops brongersmianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZUSP 14674). Insert shows a lateral profile of the skull of
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presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: mx, maxilla; palmx, palatine maxillary process; palptv, palatine pterygoid ventral process; pt, pterygoid.
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Description of the
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:
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Adult female, TTL
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, TL
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, MBD/(SVL-HR)
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and TL/SVL
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. Head slightly depressed dorsoventrally, not wider than neck. Snout round in dorsal and ventral views. Rostral oval, longer than wide, narrow at anteroposterior region and wider at medial region; visible in dorsal view, extending ventrodorsally without reaching the imaginary transverse line between anterior borders of eyes. Rostral contacting nasal (anterior and posterior) dorsolaterally, and first supralabial and anterior nasal scales ventrally. Nasal suture incomplete, only partially dividing the anterior and posterior portions of nasal scale. Suture begins in the upper edge of second supralabial, passes through nostril, but fails to reach rostral. Anterior nasal in contact with first infralabial and upper edge of second infralabial. Posterior nasal longer than wide, contacting upper margin of second supralabial and preocular. Supralabials four, fourth twice longer than third. Infralabials three, third largest. Eye diameter
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; eyes not visible in ventral view, located dorsolaterally, close to suture between preocular and ocular scales, completely covered by ocular scale. Ocular scales contacting frontal. Body cylindrical and robust. Midbody diameter
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. Dorsal and ventral scales cycloid, wider than long, highly imbricated and arranged in diagonal series; scale rows around the body 20/20/18. Mid-dorsal scales 220. Ventral scales 217. Cloacal plate rounded, bordered anteriorly by four rows of scales and posteriorly by five rows of scales. Subcaudal scales 11, excluding the terminal spine. Terminal spine large, stout base and dark brown.
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<emphasis box="[809,1007,842,864]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Skull osteology (</emphasis>
N
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1;
<emphasis box="[1088,1281,842,864]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">MZUSP 20065):</emphasis>
The length of the skull is
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and the width is
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. The snout region has a globular enlarged-shape and highly consolidated. The snout articulates with the braincase by the nasal and prefrontal sutures and with the frontal bone. The anteroventral region of the premaxilla has a short backward process.The midsagittal lamina separates both sides of the premaxilla (
<figureCitation box="[1139,1202,1057,1079]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="11.[827,909,1304,1326]" captionTargetBox="[845,1431,208,1256]" captionTargetId="figure-566@11.[829,1440,195,1264]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 5. Three-dimensional cutaway views along the sagittal axis of the nasal cavity in Amerotyphlops species based on HRXCT data. A, Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (MZUSP 14689); B, Amerotyphlops caetanoi sp. nov. (MZUSP S-023380). Insert show a lateral profile of the skull of A. brongersmianus presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: pmx, premaxilla; smx, septomaxilla; vm, vomer; na, nasal." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695994" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7695994/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). The lamina of the premaxilla is confluent with the mid-dorsal laminae of the nasals and with the mid-dorsal ridges of the vomeronasal cupola of the septomaxillae (
<figureCitation box="[1136,1200,1149,1171]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="11.[827,909,1304,1326]" captionTargetBox="[845,1431,208,1256]" captionTargetId="figure-566@11.[829,1440,195,1264]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 5. Three-dimensional cutaway views along the sagittal axis of the nasal cavity in Amerotyphlops species based on HRXCT data. A, Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (MZUSP 14689); B, Amerotyphlops caetanoi sp. nov. (MZUSP S-023380). Insert show a lateral profile of the skull of A. brongersmianus presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: pmx, premaxilla; smx, septomaxilla; vm, vomer; na, nasal." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695994" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7695994/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). The lamina of the premaxilla and the nasal laminae are restricted to the anterodorsal portion, with the central and posteroventral portions not in contact, leaving a large canal between the olfactory chambers (
<figureCitation box="[1097,1182,1271,1294]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="11.[827,909,1304,1326]" captionTargetBox="[845,1431,208,1256]" captionTargetId="figure-566@11.[829,1440,195,1264]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 5. Three-dimensional cutaway views along the sagittal axis of the nasal cavity in Amerotyphlops species based on HRXCT data. A, Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (MZUSP 14689); B, Amerotyphlops caetanoi sp. nov. (MZUSP S-023380). Insert show a lateral profile of the skull of A. brongersmianus presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: pmx, premaxilla; smx, septomaxilla; vm, vomer; na, nasal." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695994" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7695994/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
). The medial side of the maxilla has a shallow depression (or fossa), where lodges the maxillary process of the palatine. The palatine fossa is on the lateral side of the maxilla, in the region of the articular fossa. The palatine fossa is small, with a diameter of
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long (
<figureCitation box="[1115,1195,1425,1447]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="11.[827,909,1304,1326]" captionTargetBox="[845,1431,208,1256]" captionTargetId="figure-566@11.[829,1440,195,1264]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 5. Three-dimensional cutaway views along the sagittal axis of the nasal cavity in Amerotyphlops species based on HRXCT data. A, Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (MZUSP 14689); B, Amerotyphlops caetanoi sp. nov. (MZUSP S-023380). Insert show a lateral profile of the skull of A. brongersmianus presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: pmx, premaxilla; smx, septomaxilla; vm, vomer; na, nasal." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695994" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7695994/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
). The medial border of the maxilla is straight (
<figureCitation box="[1091,1168,1455,1478]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="12.[145,224,636,658]" captionTargetBox="[156,1428,204,585]" captionTargetId="figure-650@12.[145,1431,195,597]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figure 6. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the lateral region of the skull in Amerotyphlops species based on HRXCT data. A, Amerotyphlops caetanoi sp. nov. (MZUSP S-023380); B, Amerotyphlops montanum sp. nov. (MZUSP 20065); C, Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (MZUSP 14674). Insert shows a lateral profile of the skull of A. brongersmianus presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm.Abbreviations:mx, maxilla; mxpalf, palatine articulation fossa of the maxilla." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7695996/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
). The ventral pterygoid process of the palatine is straight-shaped and ventrally directed (
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). The retroarticular process projects in parallel to the horizontal plane of the articular. The angle between mandibular condyle articulation and the retroarticular process of the compound bone is close to 90° (
<figureCitation box="[859,937,1639,1661]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="13.[827,913,1285,1307]" captionTargetBox="[860,1412,210,1225]" captionTargetId="figure-163@13.[844,1426,195,1245]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figure 8. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the posterior region of the left mandible in Amerotyphlops speciesbased on HRXCTdata.A,Amerotyphlops caetanoisp. nov. (MZUSP S-023380); B, Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (MZUSP 14674). Insert shows a lateral profile of the skull of A. brongersmianus presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: cb, compound bone; q, quadrate; rp, retroarticular process." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696000" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7696000/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Fig. 8A</figureCitation>
). The edentulous dentary is restricted to the distal end of the mandible, articulating mainly with the splenial. The dorsal side of the dentary is flat and without evident foramina (
<figureCitation box="[1008,1084,1731,1753]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="14.[145,223,1323,1345]" captionTargetBox="[168,742,209,1266]" captionTargetId="figure-575@14.[147,758,195,1283]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figure 9. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the anterior region of the left mandible in Amerotyphlops species based on HRXCT data. A, Amerotyphlops caetanoi sp. nov. (MZUSP S-023380); B, Amerotyphlops montanum sp. nov. (MZUSP 20065). Insert shows a lateral profile of the skull of A. brongersmianus presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: cb, compound bone; co, coronoid; d, dentary; sp, splenial." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696006" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7696006/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Fig. 9B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[145,247,1323,1345]" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Figure 9.</emphasis>
Three-dimensional reconstruction of the anterior region of the left mandible in
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<emphasis box="[501,670,1352,1374]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Amerotyphlops</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
based on HRXCT data. A,
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<emphasis box="[424,677,1381,1403]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Amerotyphlops caetanoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(MZUSP S-023380); B,
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<emphasis box="[393,676,1411,1433]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">Amerotyphlops montanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(MZUSP 20065). Insert shows a lateral profile of the skull of
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<emphasis box="[171,371,1469,1491]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">A. brongersmianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
presenting in red the position of the detailed region. Scales bars equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: cb, compound bone; co, coronoid; d, dentary; sp, splenial.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis box="[809,1317,1794,1816]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="733">
Coloration of the
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in preserƲatiƲe:
</emphasis>
Dorsum (11/11/11 rows scales) dark brown, venter (9/9/7 rows scales) yellowish cream (Supporting Information,
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). Dorsal portions of snout yellowish cream, with a dark brown spot, covering totally both rostral and nasal scales (
<figureCitation box="[389,529,1440,1462]" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="16.[145,224,1458,1480]" captionTargetBox="[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetId="figure-589@16.[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figure 11. Holotype of Amerotyphlops montanum sp. nov. (MZUSP 20065). Head in left lateral (A), dorsal (B) and ventral (C) views. TTL = 216 mm. Scale bar equal to 5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696010" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7696010/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">Fig. 11A, B</figureCitation>
). Ventral portion of snout yellowish cream and few pigmented (
<figureCitation box="[667,764,1470,1492]" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="16.[145,224,1458,1480]" captionTargetBox="[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetId="figure-589@16.[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figure 11. Holotype of Amerotyphlops montanum sp. nov. (MZUSP 20065). Head in left lateral (A), dorsal (B) and ventral (C) views. TTL = 216 mm. Scale bar equal to 5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696010" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7696010/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">Fig. 11C</figureCitation>
). Symphysial region yellowish cream and immaculate (
<figureCitation box="[171,269,1532,1554]" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="16.[145,224,1458,1480]" captionTargetBox="[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetId="figure-589@16.[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figure 11. Holotype of Amerotyphlops montanum sp. nov. (MZUSP 20065). Head in left lateral (A), dorsal (B) and ventral (C) views. TTL = 216 mm. Scale bar equal to 5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696010" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7696010/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">Fig. 11C</figureCitation>
). Dorsal head scales (supraoculars, frontal, postfrontal, parietals and occipitals) and dorsal portions of lateral head scales (ocular, nasal and lower nasal) predominantly dark brown (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="16.[145,224,1458,1480]" captionTargetBox="[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetId="figure-589@16.[149,757,195,1418]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figure 11. Holotype of Amerotyphlops montanum sp. nov. (MZUSP 20065). Head in left lateral (A), dorsal (B) and ventral (C) views. TTL = 216 mm. Scale bar equal to 5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696010" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7696010/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">Fig. 11A, B</figureCitation>
). Ventral portion of head scales (nasal and lower nasal) yellowish cream (
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). Cloacal plate pale yellowish cream and terminal spine dark brown (Supporting Information,
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[161,277,1231,1253]" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">Figure 10.</emphasis>
Geographical distribution of nine species belonging to the genus
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from South America. A, zoomed map of species distributed in the north-eastern Brazil; B, zoomed map of four new species described in this work. Symbols:
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<emphasis box="[163,295,1290,1312]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. arenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(black pentagons);
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<emphasis box="[510,640,1290,1312]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. amoipira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(black diamonds);
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<emphasis box="[848,1053,1290,1312]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. brongersmianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(black circles);
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Rodrigues" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[1226,1369,1290,1312]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Amerotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="734" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yonenagae">
<emphasis box="[1226,1369,1290,1312]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. yonenagae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(black squares);
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Dixon &amp; Hendricks" baseAuthorityYear="1979" box="[264,434,1319,1341]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Amerotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="734" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pauciquamus">
<emphasis box="[264,434,1319,1341]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. pauciquamus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(black inverted triangles);
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<emphasis box="[718,815,1319,1341]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. martis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(black star);
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<emphasis box="[1035,1178,1319,1341]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. montanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(black triangles);
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<emphasis box="[163,301,1349,1371]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">A. illusorium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(black cross);
<taxonomicName authority="Graboski &amp; Arredondo &amp; Grazziotin &amp; Guerra-Fuentes &amp; Da Silva &amp; Prudente &amp; Pinto &amp; Rodrigues &amp; Bonatto &amp; Zaher, 2023" authorityName="Graboski &amp; Arredondo &amp; Grazziotin &amp; Guerra-Fuentes &amp; Da Silva &amp; Prudente &amp; Pinto &amp; Rodrigues &amp; Bonatto &amp; Zaher" authorityYear="2023" box="[529,778,1349,1371]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Amerotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="734" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caetanoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[529,778,1349,1371]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">Amerotyphlops caetanoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(black asterisk).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[163,293,1809,1830]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">Etymology:</emphasis>
The specific epithet is derived from the neutral form of Latin adjective
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<emphasis box="[561,680,1840,1861]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">montanus</emphasis>
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. It is a reference to the
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locality, a high elevational forest, located on the slopes of a hill summit in the Brazilian state of
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[827,1442,1502,1524]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">
Distribution and habitat:
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</emphasis>
is known from the Parque Nacional Serra das Lontras, situated at
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from the municipality of Arataca, in state of
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,
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, and from Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra do Teimoso, situated at
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from the municipality of Jussari, in state of
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,
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(
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).
</paragraph>
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These regions are known as part of the Serra das Lontras montane complex (
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Nacif
<emphasis box="[1181,1232,1747,1769]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">et al.</emphasis>
, 2009
</bibRefCitation>
), belonging to the Atlantic Forest morphoclimatic domain, in the
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Coastal forest ecoregion (
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Olson
<emphasis box="[1162,1213,1809,1831]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="734">et al.</emphasis>
, 2001
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). The prevalent phytophysiognomy correspond to ombrophilous dense and semi-deciduous forests (
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;Amorim &amp; epiphytes, with a well-established and preserved understory. The forest changes dramatically above
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, presenting stunted trees (
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tall), covered with small bromeliads, heavy bryophyte and lichen growth (
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Veloso
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;
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). Additional data on the habitat of Serra das Lontras and Serra do Teimoso are, respectively, in
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and
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(2002).
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<emphasis box="[809,916,474,495]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="735">Remarks:</emphasis>
In our phylogenetic analysis we included a sample from a specimen from the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra do Teimoso, from the municipality of Jussari, in the state of
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,
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. Unfortunately, we did not have access to review this specimen, but we have recognized its molecular relationships with
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The tissue sample is currently stored in the genetic resource collection of Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de
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University (see Supporting Information, Table S2).
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